Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for IBM DS storage systems through the SMCli utility.

This connector is superseded by:

• DellMD3000^[2]

enterprise^[3] hardware^[4] ibm^[5] storage^[6]

Target

Typical platforms: IBM DS3000 IBM DS4000 IBM DS5000

Operating system: Storage System

Prerequisites

Leverages: The SMcli utility, which is part of IBM DS Storage Manager. The version must be compatible with the system being monitored. Multiple versions of SMcli on the same system is not supported.

Technology and protocols: Command Lines

This connector requires advanced privileges on the managed host for the command below:

• Second_Address

This connector therefore needs to run as root or you need to configure a privilege-escalation mechanism like sudo on the managed host to allow the monitoring account to run the command listed above.

Sample of /etc/sudoers to allow the above command to be run as root by the metricshub account:

metricshub ALL=(root) NOPASSWD: Second_Address

This connector is not available for the local host (it is applicable to remote hosts only).

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t storage -c +smcli --ssh -u USER --sudo-command-list Second_Address

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: storage
        connectors: [ +smcli ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          ssh:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt
            useSudo: true
            useSudoCommands: [ "Second_Address" ]

Connector Activation Criteria

The IBM DS (LSI) Disk Arrays (smcli) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• Operating System is Storage System
• The command below succeeds on the agent host
  • Command: SMcli
  • Output contains: Incorrect (regex)
• The command below succeeds on the agent host
  • Command: SMcli %{HOSTNAME} -c "show StorageSubsystem;"
  • Output contains: drive (regex)

Metrics